Episodes
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
Sunday Feb 12, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Donald Trump will SEE THE COURT SYSTEM IN COURT...which makes sense, because that’s the only place you’d ever see them
2. Mitch McConnell accidentally writes Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 campaign slogan
3. RIP to all zero victims of the fake Atlanta terrorist attack
4. Trump learns that having the job as president is not exactly the same as having a completely different job.
5. Nordstroms of all stripes are trying to get us out of this mess
6. Donald Trump, like so many of us, is on the hunt for some easy D
7. The Bad News Live crew returns for a post-election debrief
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of helecopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Jan 29, 2017
Sunday Jan 29, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. It’s week one of the Trump presidency and we already have a constitutional crisis on our hands
2. Steve Bannon must be on some sort of writing retreat, having a very prolific week ruining America by edict
3. Trump will bravely investigate only the kind of voter fraud that doesn’t exist but makes him lose popular votes
4. Apparently Trump’s idea of diplomacy is holding hands with the ladies
5. Something we can get behind: Trump’s White House staff is the gossipy-ist in history
6. We interview with William Floyd from the LA County Dems and talk about the local stuff you should know [Begins: 1:18:20...yup it's that kind of week]
7. Trump’s butt takes the mantle as most unfortunate meme of the week/history
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of screaming sirens who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
And hey, go join a protest!
Tuesday Jan 24, 2017
BTL #229 - PUSSY HATS AND ALTERNATIVE FACTS - 1/24/17
Tuesday Jan 24, 2017
Tuesday Jan 24, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Pussy Hats took over America on Saturday, showing what a large, enthusiastic crowd actually looks like.
2. Meanwhile, Trump’s Inauguration crowd. Sad.
3. Chelsea Manning. Happy.
4. Trump’s Education cabinet pick will focus her energy on protecting students from grizzly bears instead of school shootings
5. Dippin Dots IS the ice cream of the future and don’t let the Trump administration’s “alternative facts” convince you otherwise
6. Trump spends first day in office taking things away from us and killing people
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of screaming sirens who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Monday Jan 16, 2017
BTL #228 - EXTRA RIGHTS - 1/16/17
Monday Jan 16, 2017
Monday Jan 16, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Trump will save the ungrateful voters in John Lewis’ perfectly safe, functioning district whether or not they want him to
2. Ben Carson will stop all those pesky gay people from getting their usual, totally real extra rights
3. Presidential hopeful Cory Booker has a typical Democrat problem and can’t read obvious political tea leaves
4. Republicans don’t let lack of plan slow them down from taking away your healthcare
5. Interestingly it looks like we’ll be crying less under Trump than we were during Obama and Biden’s final buddy comedy
6. Nobody does a press conference like Donald Trump and a stack of blank papers
7. We did it, America! #GoldenShowers has now officially trended on Twitter.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of screaming sirens who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Jan 08, 2017
BTL #227 - UN-LOSABLE - 1/9/17
Sunday Jan 08, 2017
Sunday Jan 08, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. Party line Dems hoping to add NYC Mayor’s race to list of un-losable races they manage to bungle
2. Vladimir Putin is the most prescient member of the GOP, he went all-in for Trump before even the American people
3. We’ve now confirmed that the American people will pay for Trump’s wall. Didn’t we already give him a gift?
4. Domestic, non-Islamic terrorism continues to be the worst fear of Americans who believe in gun death statistics
5. GOP finally has their big chance to repeal Obamacare, so let the defections begin
6. Michelle Obama wins the internet
7. Trump hates children and fun, now officially confirmed
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of circling helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Wednesday Jan 04, 2017
BTL #226 - NEW YEAR, NEW CONGRESS - 1/4/16
Wednesday Jan 04, 2017
Wednesday Jan 04, 2017
In Which We Discuss:
1. A not nearly embarrassed enough new Congress was sworn in today, so add those new reps to your speed dial.
2. Congress’s plan to erase their own oversight is praised by The Donald, then thwarted by The Donald, then mocked by the American people, then...praised by the Donald. A day in Trump’s news cycle.
3. A Trump cabinet update: it only gets worse
4. Media continuing to give president-elect credit for business deals he’s not involved in
5. Schumer’s Trump resistance plan: work with your captors
6. Donald Trump rings in the New Year with mobster and convicted felon “Joey No Socks,” which is just so perfect
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of manic revelers who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Monday Dec 12, 2016
BTL #224 - LOSING THE COLD WAR - 12/13/16
Monday Dec 12, 2016
Monday Dec 12, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. Russian hackers could have warned us they were fixing the election before we waited 90 minutes to vote. Selfish.
2. Donald Trump leaves no stone unturned in search for least competent cabinet in history
3. Pop Quiz! Which of the following is a human invention and completely imaginary: a. Climate change b. The value of a dollar
4. Every minute that passes on earth is a minute in which Donald Trump’s Carrier deal gets less impressive
5. Labor endorses in the DNC dogfight that decides whether or not we have a party anymore
6. Move over guacamole! There is, apparently, one Texan food that Ted Cruz enjoys, and now you’ll never be able to again.
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of circling helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!
Sunday Nov 20, 2016
BTL #222 - THE CASE OF THE MISSING COMP SEATS - 11/21/16
Sunday Nov 20, 2016
Sunday Nov 20, 2016
In Which We Discuss:
1. So far the only thing Trump has accomplished in his transition is firing the few people who knew what was going on
2. Trump’s cabinet picks begin with a man too racist to get approved under Reagan and end with an list of every nightmare human being in America
3. Update: Trump’s first 100 days infrastructure plan may just be bills that have already passed and proposals he campaigned against
4. Settling a lawsuit for $25 million dollars is not what you do just because "don’t have time," it's what you do because you don't have a case
5. Guys, Mike Pence deserved to be booed, because seriously, how long does a man have to run for VP before he decides to get comp seats to Hamilton?
6. Democrats, in making attempt to be more inclusive, expand their leadership team to include...everyone
Brain Trust Live is Lila Nordstrom and Brent Thornburg's look at the week in political news. Join the millions of circling helicopters who love our podcast and tell your friends about BTL! Then rate us on iTunes or find us Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Stitcher, or Instagram!